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SKAT loses out to Microsoft / Cruise ships heading for Denmark / Tobacco group buys out Florida cigar company / Danish Crown expands in China The Danish Tax Authority (SKAT) has lost a…
More2 Danish diplomats expelled from Moscow
Russia has kicked out two Danish diplomats in a tit-for-tat retaliation for the two Russians expelled by Denmark last week. In a press release on Good Friday Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen called it an…
MoreRussian naval exercises close to Bornholm
The Russian navy will carry out missile drills close to Danish territorial waters this week. Sweden’s Transport Authority (Transportstyrelsen) has received notification from Russia that naval exercises will take place between the Danish…
MoreDanish Jehovah’s Witness on trial in Russia
A Danish national goes on trial in Russia today for being a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses who were outlawed in the country last year. If convicted on charges of ‘organising activities of a…
More‘Last stop’ refugee centre a ‘fiasco’
The controversial Kærshovedgård refugee ‘transit’ centre in Jutland has been dismissed as a fiasco. The centre was set up two years ago as a ‘last stop shelter’ to house refugees who had used…
MoreLift off for Danish space project
Denmark’s biggest ever space project was successfully launched from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA, Tuesday. The ASIM (the Atmosphere Space Interactions Monitor) mission is an international project realised through the European Space…
MoreDenmark acknowledges dark colonial past with first-ever black statue
Copenhagen is dotted with statues of old, white men but they have now been joined by a black woman. On Easter Saturday two artists unveiled a 7-metre tall statue, close to Amalienborg Palace,…
MoreGovernment puts the brake on quickie divorces
Denmark’s reputation as the ’quickie divorce’ centre of Europe is under threat from new rules proposed by the Ministry of Social Affairs ahead of Easter. Since 2013 couples with children have been able…
MoreBi-lateral business initiatives boost Iran-Denmark trade
Trade between Iran and Denmark is close to $400m following recent business initiatives between the two countries. The Iranian news agency Mehr reports how Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, Morteza Moradian, told a reception at…
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